Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited Oneida and Fort Plain on Monday to tour flooded areas. He asked President Obama to declare parts of the state as a disaster area to increase federal assistance.

Today the governor is in Albany, with no public schedule. The New York Daily News reported Monday that Cuomo is ready to name an investigative panel to look into official misconduct among state politicians, a reaction to the legislature's failure to agree to corruption reforms last month. Here's more:

Albany
Cuomo is expected today to announce the members of a Moreland Commission to investigate campaign finance corruption and other official misconduct in New York state. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is expected to be named one of three co-chairs.

Cuomo envisions the commission having free rein to investigate any facet of campaign finance laws, which could include both the legislature and the executive branch. Republican Senate Leader Dean Skelos said Monday that amounted to a witch hunt.

One New York gun manufacturer is taking his business to Pennsylvania. It's not just the NY Safe Act, he tells the Albany Times Union. It's the uncertainty of other bills that might pass without public debate.